In the Optometry world, maybe none of them. The best advice is to take it all in during school. Then do an optometric residency that exposes you to multiple specialties during the program. It's not that you can't focus on one area, but don't totally disregard everything else while youre doing it. This is what opens doors, IMO.
If you're stuborn and you're particularly passionate about a certain specialty such as pediatrics, you'll probably be able to find an existing practice or setting that will hire you. But being picky will generally lead to doors closing rather than doors opening for you. No hiring doctor or clinic wants to hear that you only see disease patients, or only see kids.
You'll have an easier time making a living if you're good in multiple specialty areas. This is particuly true in private practice; while you can probably build a private practice based on a single specialty (contact lenses, pediatrics, low vision, or disease), it will be difficult, if not impossible, to stay afloat for your first few years if that's all you do. You'd be a fool to be in practice and only accept pediatric patients and not their families. Same with any other specialty. There are plenty of private practice guys that do eventually build a sub specialty like advanced contact lens fittings or low vision, but I think theyll tell you that it takes years to do and still its not all they see.
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